The Late Enryo Unno Sensei

PRAJNA SENSHIN-JI AUGUST 2016 VOL XLXXII #8
Rev. Enryo Unno passed
away on September 1, 1984,
thirty-two years ago, at the
age of 81. Enryo-sensei
served as our minister for
ten years from 1960 to 1970.
Since this year is his 33rd
cycle memorial year, in
memory of Enryo-sensei, I
would like to write about him.
In 2016, Enryo-sensei is remembered as the father of his
two sons, Rev. Taitetsu Unno
and Rev. Tetsuo Unno, but in
the 1960s, Taitetsu-sensei and
Tetsuo-sensei were known as
Enryo-sensei’s sons.
In 1958, when Enryo-sensei was the minister at the
Guadalupe Buddhist Temple,
Taitetsu-sensei was assigned
to Senshin. In those days,
we had two ministers;
Rev. Gibun Kimura was
the head minister. After
The Late
Enryo Unno
Sensei
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Kimura-sensei was transferred to Fresno Betsuin, Enryo-sensei
was transferred to Senshin where he worked together with
Taitetsu-sensei for two years. When Taitetsu-sensei moved to
Japan to study, his brother, Tetsuo-sensei, was assigned to
Senshin and again father and son led the Senshin Sangha.
In 1966 Tetsuo-sensei left Senshin for a
career as a faculty member of a University. Rev. Kodani was assigned to Senshin in 1968 and on August 31, 1970,
Enryo-sensei retired from the ministry
at the age of 67. For 14 years, he lived
with his family in the Crenshaw area
and, 1984, he entered Nirvana.
Enryo-sensei was born in 1903
(Meiji 36) in Kokura town in
Fukuoka, Japan, as the first
son of a temple family. After
graduation from Ryukoku University in Kyoto, he returned to
Fukuoka in 1930. He taught at
the Chinzei Girls High School
for four years; then, in August
1934, at the age of 31, he came
to the United States as a kaikyoshi (overseas minister). He was
assigned to the Berkeley Buddhist Temple, San Luis Obispo
Buddhist Temple and Stockton
Buddhist Temple. In 1935, while
he was at the Stockton Temple,
Mrs. Hana Unno, children Taitetsu-sensei and Tetsuo-sensei
came from Japan to join him.
With the start of World War 2
in 1942, the Unno family was interned
in Rohwer Relocation Center and later
transferred to Tule Lake Camp. After
the war, Enryo-sensei was assigned
to Marysville Buddhist Temple (1945
– 1948), Guadalupe Buddhist Temple
(1948 – 1960), then, in June 1960,
Enryo-sensei came to Senshin Buddhist Temple. He mainly took care of
the Japanese-speaking members while
Taitetsu-sensei focused on the younger
English-speaking generation.
Many people, including his family
members, said, “He was very quiet.”
But his silence talked to people. The
"sound of silence" is sometimes louder
than any other sound and it greatly resonates to the listener’s heart and mind.
In the silence, the possibilities of all
sounds and words are contained. The
silence makes people think and find
what they need to know by themselves.
In Enryo-sensei's book, Shinjin, he
wrote about the temple members who
truly appreciated the Jodo Shinshu
teaching. It seems that some people
deeply understood the teaching due to
the guidance of Enryo-sensei. After a
visitation to a member at the hospital,
the member wrote to him, “Thanks to
Enryo-sensei’s talk, I could encounter
Buddha’s teaching. Now, I thank my
cancer that urged me to listen to the
teaching.” Enryo-sensei did not write
about their talk in detail, but the words
from the quiet person probably made
him think very deeply.
One person thanked Sensei’s guidance even though he was told, “Your
donation is not pure.” This person
made a very generous donation to the
temple. But Enryo-sensei asked him,
“Aren’t you expecting to be praised
by the other people?” According to
an essay, this took place at a zadankai
(sit and talk session) in the evening
at the temple. This person
became very upset and talked
back to Sensei. But, the next
morning, he came to Sensei,
apologized to him and said,
“Thinking about my donation
deeply, indeed, I had desire for
fame. Thank you for telling it
to me.”
Enryo-sensei was a quiet
person but when he talked, his
words went deeply into the
listener’s hearts and minds.
His words made people think
and awaken. Thanks to his
guidance, our predecessors
could deeply appreciate the
teaching and it encouraged
them to build our Hondo
where they and newer generations could listen to the teaching. Our
current Hondo was built in 1966 while
Enryo-sensei and Tetsuo-sensei were
our ministers.
Enryo-sensei’s 33rd cycle memorial
service will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, August 20, in the Hondo. The
service will be in conjunction with
Mrs. Unno’s memorial service. The
service is open to anyone who would
like to attend.
Namoamidabutsu
R e v. R yuta F urumoto
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海野円了先生
３ ２ 年 前 、 ロ サ ン ゼ ル ス オ リ ン ピ ッ ク が 終 わ っ て間もなく、海野円
了 先 生 が 往 生 さ れ ま し た 。 １ ９ ８ ４ 年 、 ９ 月 １ 日のことで８１歳で
し た 。 ８ 月 ２ ０ 日 に 円 了 先 生 の ３ ３ 回 忌 が 営 ま れますので、先生に
ついて書いてみたいと思います。
円了先生は１９６０年から７０年
まで１０年間、洗心の開教使とし
て駐在されました。その間、ご子
息の大徹先生（６０年から６２年
まで）、徹雄先生（６２年から６
６年）、そして小谷先生（６８年
から７０年）と共に布教活動に従
事されました。７０年に引退後
は、クレンショー地区にあるご自
宅で１４年間ご家族と過ご
し、８４年に亡くなられた
のです。
先生は、１９０３年（
明治３６年）に福岡県、小
倉の清浄寺の長男として生
まれられました。京都の龍
谷大学を卒業後、１９３０
年に福岡に帰り、宗門校で
ある鎮西高等女学院で教
鞭をとられました。１９３
４年、３１歳のとき開教使
として渡米、バークレー仏
教会、サンルイスオビスポ
仏教会、ストックトン仏教
会に駐在されました。１９
３５年には、福岡に残って
いたハナ夫人と幼い大轍先
生、徹雄先生がストックト
ンに来られ、家族とともに
米国での生活をスタートさ
れたのです。
第二次世界大戦が始まると、海
野一家はローワー収容所を経て、
ツーリレイク収容所へ送られまし
た。戦後、メリズビル仏教会（４
５年から４８年）、グアダルーペ
仏教会（４８年から６０年）へ駐
在、そして開教生活最後の１０年
間を洗心仏教会にささげてくださ
ったのです。
私は円了先生にお会いしたこと
がないので、いろいろな方に円了
先生についてたずねてみました。
すると、皆は「円了先生はクワイ
エットな方だった。」と言われま
す。クワイエットではあったけれ
ども、その沈黙や静寂さが大きく
ものを言い、多くの人を信心の生
活に導かれたようです。
今、私の手元に円了先生のご
法話を集めた本「信心」がありま
す。その中に、ご門徒さんとのエ
ピソードが紹介されてあります。
一つには、病院に門徒さんを訪ね
た時のお話で、円了先生がその方
と話されたそうです。その数日
後、門徒さんは、円了先生にお礼
の手紙を書き、「病気のおかげで
仏法にあわせていだいた。」と病
気を感謝できるような見方をおし
えてくださったと、伝えておられ
ます。お話がどのような内容だっ
たかは詳しく書いておられません
が、静かな先生から発せられる言
葉はとても深い内容をもっておら
れたのでしょう。
また、別のエピソードではお
布施について書かれてあります。
ある門徒さんがお寺に、大きい金
額を寄付されたそうです。けれど
もその方が参加されていた座談会
で、先生は「あなたのお布施は清
浄なものではない」とのことを言
われました。そのご門徒さんは、
腹を立て、「先生はあまりひどす
ぎる」と言われ、去られたそうで
す。けれども翌朝はやく、
その方は先生のとこに来
て、「やはりよくよく考え
てみたら先生のおっしゃる
通り、私の寄付は名誉心か
らものでした。教えていた
だいてありがとうございま
した。」と謝りにこられ
た、とのことです。
静かな先生から発せら
れる言葉はとても深く、相
手を考えさせ、めざめさせ
たようです。そういう先生
のお導きがあり一世や二世
の門徒さんたちは、教えを
聞くことを大切にされまし
た。そのおかげで、５０年
前、先生がおられたとき
に本堂が建築され、そして
そのおかげで、われわれが
今、仏法を聞くことができ
るのです。
海野円了先生の３３回忌の法要
は８月２０日午後１時から営まれ
ます。ご家族は、円了先生にご縁
のあった方は、どうぞお参り下さ
い、とのことです。
南無阿弥陀仏。
J une 2 0 1 6 D onation
Listed are donations handled by the
Regular Treasurer:
Special: donation received with no
specific reason given
Orei: donation for use of temple
facilities, equipment, etc.
Nokotsudo: donation by families
who have family cremains in the
Nokotsudo (columbarium)
The Regular Treasurer is required to
send receipts for donations of
$250.00 and over. Receipts for all
other donations will not be sent
unless requested by the donor.
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Chitose and Soichiro Nishi
In memory of Misuko Takahashi
For Flower Steamers 6/19/2016 Sachie Oda Dorothy Yoshihata Sumiko Hiramoto Nokotsudo In memory of Tetsuro Yamaguchi Nokotsudo, George Hiramoto 6/26/2016 Michiko Sugano 49th day Service, Leo Sugano M AY B U I L D I N G F U N D D O N AT I O N S
Jean Minami*
Eugene & Elaine Murakami
Jerry Ogawa
Beverly Rogers
Al & Doris Shigaki
Alice, Mark & Megumi Unno*
Stan & Arlene Yokoyama
* In honor of Hondo & Education Building 50th Anniversary
J uly and A ugust F lower D onations
Tomi, Ted and Julie Akahori
Tomi & Ted Akahori
Anonymous
Sumiko Hiramoto
Chikako Kojima
Tammy & Dale Matsubara
Jean Minami
Roy & Terry Nakawatase
Ron & Fujie Ohata
Motoko Saneto
Yo Takeuchi
Lilian Tanaka
Nobuko Tanaka
Misao Tomita
Suzanne Toji
Betty Yamashita
Senshin-ji Building Fund August 2016 Update
As we await the beginning of the construction work on the Social Hall, this
is another reminder that if you wish
to take cuttings from the (very large)
Plumeria plant adjacent to the building, please feel free to do so at any
time prior to the start of construction.
Quite a few individuals had previously taken cuttings, and the plant responded by growing even larger! The
Plumeria must be removed in order to
install the new concrete landing and
ramp that will facilitate access to the
Social Hall. It is a hardy plant, and the
cuttings will grow rather easily with
minimal care.
As well, if you wish to take the
small palm trees that are adjacent to
the Plumeria, please feel free to do so.
We request that all temple organizations begin a review of their inventory
in the kitchen and the storage rooms
in order to determine what must be
retained in storage during construction, as well as what items are no
longer used or needed, and thus may
be jettisoned.
One final obstacle to the start of
construction may have surfaced.
During a preliminary look at the items
that are stored in the basement (under
the stage area), it was discovered that
we had a heavy infestation of termites
in some of the cardboard storage
boxes and the within the wood lumber
that were underneath the boxes. We
will have to determine if the termites
are more widespread within the basement area. If so, we may have to tent
and fumigate the entire building. If so,
Satoh Brothers would prefer to have
the potential tenting and fumigation
performed before the beginning of
construction.
If the Board decides that the fumigation is desirable/necessary, then we
will have to schedule it after Saishin
Dojo concludes its 6th grade San Luis
Obispo camp trip on July 22nd. That
would give us a window of time to
complete a tenting/fumigation operation and still allow us to begin the
construction during the first few days
of August. By the time that you receive this issue of the Prajna, we will
have made a determination.
All of the buildings on the temple
grounds were tented and fumigated on
March 22, 2011. That was over five
years ago, so it is not unusual that termites re-entered the Social Hall building as it is much more susceptible to
swarming than the other buildings.
As we have seen with this project,
nothing has come easy. Nevertheless,
we will move forward and hope that
the remodeling can be completed by
sometime in January 2017.
In Gassho,
W ilbur T akashima
Senshin-ji Building Fund
Senshin
Vehicle Donation
This is a reminder that Senshin will take
any vehicle (car, pickup, truck, motorcycle, and even boat) as a donation to the
temple. The funds realized from these
donations are earmarked for the Senshin-ji Building Fund. Donors can report
the full amount of funds received from
the vehicle donation as a deduction on
their tax returns.
We work with Harold’s Car Donation
Service (HCDS) to have the vehicles
picked up, processed and refurbished
as necessary to bring in the highest sale
amount for the donated vehicle. Even if
the vehicle is not operational, it can still
have salvageable value, sometimes for
more than we could expect.
Once the proceeds from the vehicle
donation are received by Senshin, a letter
is sent to the donor to acknowledge the
vehicle donation. The letter includes
details of the donated vehicle and the
amount for which the vehicle was sold
or salvaged. All donors will be acknowledged in the Prajna.
If you have any questions about the
program, or wish to donate a vehicle,
please contact either Jean Minami (323)
938-0048, or Wilbur Takashima (310)
398-9558.
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Donation Amount: $
(Please make checks payable to: Senshin-ji Building Fund)
N O T E : In order to maintain compliance with IRS policy, whenever we receive a check in the amount of $250.00 or more,
we will send an acknowledgement letter to the donor for his/her records. For amounts less than $250.00, your cancelled check
will serve as a receipt for the donation. However, if you wish to have a letter of receipt sent to you, regardless of the donation
amount, please let us know and we will be most happy to comply.
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ABA
& ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Thank you for Supporting
the 2016 Obon Raffle
Our gratitude to everyone for your generous support of our annual Raffle.
Through your purchase of tickets, your donations of services and prizes, and your
attendance at the Bon Odori, we had a very successful fundraiser. Funds raised
through the Raffle allow us to continue providing programs to further the study of
the Nembutsu. Your support is very important and very much appreciated.
Additional thanks to the following businesses and individuals who generously
donated many wonderful Raffle prizes and volunteered their time to make the
Raffle such a success:
Roy and Terry Nakawatase
Anonymous
Pacific Commerce Bank
Ted and Tomi Akahori
Don and Lynn Akamine
Senshin ABA
Doris and Al Shigaki
Stacey and Geremie Camara
Ellen Shimohara
Catherine and Jacob Espinoza
Gary and Paula Shirasago
Susan Goulding/Chikako Kojima
Tak Kikuchi
DirecTV
John Hiramoto
Tak’s Hardware and Garden Supply
Iris and Wilbur Takashima
Kiyo Hirayama
Edna Horiuchi
Suzanne Toji, Feast from the East
Chikako Kojima
Betty and Tak Yamashita
Neil and JoAnn Komai
Yumi Yang, Sony Entertainment
Santa Monica Studio
Kelly Lam
Gilbert and Marilyn Leong
Greg Yee
Jean Minami
Arlene Yokoyama
Religious Committee
2016 FALL HIGAN &
REV. ENRYO UNNO
MEMORIAL SEMINAR
Fall Higan & Rev. Enryo Unno
Memorial Seminar on September 17
Saturday.
Service on September 18 Sunday
Guest speakers: Rev. Tetsuo Unno and
Rev. Dr. Mark Unno
BWA
Federation of Buddhist Women’s Associations (FBWA) National Conference, October 7-9, 2016, at Bellevue,
Washington (near Seattle.) Deadline
for registration is August 31, 2016.
See Kathy Ikari or www.buddhistchurchesofamerica.org/2016fbwaconference for more information.
BWA acknowledges the following
donation: Iris Takashima in memory of
Seichi Jinde.
BWA preparing chirashizushi for Obon Otoki
July for ABA was about Obon. Our
Senshin Temple Obon started off July,
and was wonderful. The ABA hot
dog/chili/chashu bao booth was sold
out before the dancing began, so our
members could "just dance!" Kudos
to Chikako taking care of the baos,
Kenny and Joji for the hotdogs/chili,
and Cathy for arranging the cash. And
all the members who came out to help
and to dance.
The rest of July, was participating
in our Obon service, Obon evaluation,
and supporting the Nishi, Oxnard, Santa
Monica, O.C., Venice, Pasadena, Vista,
WLA, and Higashi Temples' Obons.
And of course, ABA members
supported the best summer program
anywhere–Saishin Dojo.
So until next month, Namo Amidabutsu.
WASABIKAI'S PROTOTYPE
AMERICAN RAKU POTTERY CLASS
On Thursday, June 16th, Bob
Miyamoto, Mark Sonday and Kaz
Ota's Raku Beta class
were able to join the circle to dance.
Thank you parents!
If you’re a high school student and
want to join, please contact Marilyn
Shimabukuro at (818) 248-4720.
Jr Y B A
Jr. YBA gratefully acknowledges generous donations from Harry Sawada
& Family, Sugano Family, Mr. Kazuo
Matsubayashi, Mrs. Doris Shigaki,
Mrs. Jeanie Shimozono, Mr. Norman
Sugano, and Mrs. Iris Takashima.
On June 25, the Jr’s hosted SDJrYBL’s Seminar 3 – The Sangha
Awakens. We had a great turnout of 55
delegates and 20 advisors/chaperones/
reverends. Everyone enjoyed
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Book Group
the workshops led by Rev. Furumoto
and Rev. Kodani. Thank you to both
for helping us with another successful
event. The parents provided delicious
treats for our hospitality room and
helped with the setup and supervision
during the seminar. We are also grateful for Mr. Henry Matsumura’s help at
our seminar from sound setup to making sure we had AC for the Hondo.
Our Obon was highlighted by the
1,000 oil lamps. Each year it is an
amazing and breathtaking sight. The
Jr’s start in the morning to setup up
the oil lamps, making sure each one is
accurately lined up and spaced equally. After a break, our shave ice booth
was setup and our delicious treat was
quickly selling. Thank you to all the
Jr’s for helping and as many of the
parents learned, the Jr’s really know
what to do. We parents had trouble
taking over the process so that they
could dance. But eventually, the Jr’s
The next meeting
will be September
25, discussing the
Pema Chodron’s
book, When Things
Fall Apart–Heart
Advice for Difficult
Times.
New titles, new
authors and new
members are welcome. Contact Lilly & Mike Yanagita (818) 9561070, email [email protected].
Butsu Butsu Kai
Thanks go to our Gardener Juan. He
and his crew came and cleaned up the
low bamboo on Raymond Street, the
over-grown ivy and the purple tree
on 36th Place. Also, thanks to John
Hiramoto for painting the housing for
the automatic gate opener. That red is
great!
spent the day by the BBQ
pit area firing the pottery in the American Raku style way. The kiln was an
insulated metal trash can placed
upside down over makeshift
shelves that held the pottery to be
fired. It was quite the setup and
a sight to see. We had seven 2-3
gallon metal cans with lids, with
crumpled newspaper inside. When
the hot-just-fired clay teacups were
placed in the metal buckets, immediately a large handful of dried pine
needles and leaves were placed on
top of the teapots. The buckets were
covered and left for 15 + minutes.
Then the teacups were dunked using
tongs into a bucket of water. When
cooled, you could see what you got.
And what you got was pure chance, a
real serendipitous event because you
could not in any way predict what you
might get. We got some great stuff, but
it wasn't our fault. Thanks to all who
brought food and drink, and to those
who came to help and watch. It was
great fun. – S atoshi
That was a trial run of the workshop we plan to hold after we return to
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2016 Southern District Bon Odori Schedule
Continued
W A S A B I K A I Cont'd
our studio space. We hope to have the
studio up and running by the time you
read this.
The Raku workshop will include
an interesting history of tea by Rev.
Mas, making a bowl or two for matcha
and a small plate for a sweet. It will
be followed by a Raku firing and a
demonstration of preparing a cup of
matcha. This is not about tea ceremony, but about a simple cup of matcha
made and enjoyed by its maker.
We will post pictures of completed
work on our Facebook page, WasabiKai. If you are interested in classes
contact Bob Miyamoto at [email protected].
Be sure to check out the WasabiKai
Art tour display featuring pottery, in
the library.
Date
Day
Temple
Bon Odori Bazaar
July 30 Sat
31 Sun
WLA Buddhist Temple
Higashi Honganji Temple
WLA Buddhist Temple
Higashi Honganji Temple
6:30p
5:30p
6:30p
5:30p
August 6 Sat
13 Sat
14 Sun
San Diego Buddhist Temple (at Balboa Park)
Las Vegas
Gardena Buddhist Temple
Gardena Buddhist Temple
6:30p5–8:30p
12:45p 11a–3:30p
6p
3–10p
6p
3–9p
Kinnara Gagaku
and Bugaku
Social Media
Classes are
held at
Senshin on
Wednesdays
at 7:30pm.
Beginners or
experienced
are welcomed.
Gagaku (the music) meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Bugaku (the dance) meets on
the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays.
Call (323) 731-4617 for more info.
Senshin Karate Club
SenshinBuddhistTemple
@senshinji
@senshinji
We are now forming a Karate Club.
The purpose of this club is to enhance
the physical and mental health of the
temple members and their friends as
well as learning Buddhist thoughts
through the training.
We will have Senior class (over 60),
Adult class (younger than senior or who
think they are young), and Children
class. Senior class focuses on balance
training and good blood circulation.
Children class focuses on self discipline
and strengthen the energy and body
coordination. Adult class focuses on
everything. Instructor is Rev. Furumoto. If you are interested, please ask Rev.
Furumoto for more information.
4–10p
1–9p
3–9p
1–9p
Otoki Cookbooks
Copies are still available from the
Hongwanji Place Bookstore, located
next to the Library at Senshin. For price
and details,
email
Hongwanjiplace@
yahoo.com
or call (323)
731-4617.
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Tiger and Dragon by Shohaku Soga
This is a very big scroll. It is too big to fit in our tokonoma; therefore, the bottom part of the scroll is touching the bottom of the
tokonoma and remains unrolled. This dynamic painting was drawn
by Shohaku Soga (1730-1781), a famous painter in the Edo period.
Mas-sensei purchased this scroll while he was in Japan in
the 1960s. He paid about 20,000 yen (about 200 dollars) for the
painting, which was quite expensive in those days, since the
average initial monthly salary for Japanese college graduates was
about the same as the cost of the scroll. But Mas-sensei said, “At
that time, Japanese people preferred American and European art,
so old Japanese pieces of art were pretty inexpensive.”
The motif of the painting is “Tiger and Dragon.” In China,
both tiger and dragon are respected as symbols of bravery and
courage; hence Japanese samurai prefer to own paintings of
tigers and dragons.
According to a source, the dragon is usually drawn on the right
side and tiger on the left side because, in China, the dragon also
symbolizes the East and the tiger symbolizes the West.
Mas-sensei showed this painting to a curator of LACMA.
According to him, most of the painting may have been drawn
by Shohaku’s disciple. He noted that the nose hairs of the dragon were too light for Shohaku’s drawing. Shohaku would have
painted the nose hairs in a bolder and dynamic way.
Although the color of the nose hairs looks light, the painting is
powerful and impressive.
R e v. R yuta F urumot O
Senshin Hondo
50th Anniversary
Family Service started at 10am with
a Gagaku procession and Chigo
parade, which led everyone into the
Hondo for service. Following the
service was a Bugaku performance
accompanied bythe Gagaku orchestra
in the courtyard.
Senshin membership dues for 2016,
together with fundraising activities and
donations throughout the year, generate
the funds that enable us to enjoy Senshin
temple program activities and services
(including a full-time minister), as well as
mainta_in the temple grounds. The 2016
Senshin dues include the BCA assessment
paid for each Senshin temple member.
Please return the form with your
payment, so we can keep our information
updated. If you have any questions or
wish to make special payment arrangements, please feel free to leave a message
for Kathy Ikari at Senshin (323) 731-4617
or [email protected].
Thank you for your continuing support
and participation in making Senshin a
very special place. We look forward to
seeing you at Temple.
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though stuffed from hours of non-stop
eating, we “forced ourselves” to try
the homemade desserts, especially the
strawberry pie, strawberry cheesecake
and strawberry mochi.
It was fine weather for Obon, warm
but balmy with a nice breeze. Many
commented that we had missed the hot,
hot temperatures. We created a colorful
presence with our Senshin happi and
danced the familiar dances of Southern
District temples, alongside the Arizona
sangha. That night we were introduced
to the Pokemon dance, a favorite of the
children.
Sunday morning we returned to the
temple for service and Rev. Kodani
was the guest speaker. It was less than
24 hours and it was already time to go
Arizona Obon Trip
June 11&12, 2016
Furumoto-sensei had told a few of us
that Arizona was so hot that once while
filling his car up at a gas station, he
burned his finger pressing the buttons at
the gas pump. So it was with tempered
enthusiasm Doug and I signed up for
the Senshin bus trip to Arizona. We
packed sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, and
our Senshin happi into overnight bags
and boarded the bus along with 40 or so
other members early Saturday morning, June 11. As soon as we sat down,
Suzanne passed out a Feast From the
East bag to store all the goodies that
people had brought to share. As Kathy
warned, “This was not a time to think
about dieting.”
On the bus, information about the
Gila River concentration camp was
shared, and I was glad I took the time
to read the book, Baseball Behind
Barbed Wire. The book told the story
of Kenichi Zenimura, an avid baseball
player who built three baseball fields at
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Gila River. About 40 minutes outside
of Phoenix, Native American, Mr.
Shorthair, met us at the entry to what
was once the Gila River camp and led
the tour of the area. He pointed out the
location of the barracks, the fish ponds
and the baseball fields. It was hard for
me to imagine living, let along creating a fish pond and playing baseball in
such heat. Misao and Kik were young
woman in Gila River and had not been
back to the area until our bus trip. A
modest monument was constructed to
commemorate the camp site and most
of us walked up the short dusty slope to
explore it and take a group picture.
In the early evening, after a brief rest
at our hotel, we reboarded our bus and
drove to the Arizona Buddhist Temple.
The temple was established in 1933
by Japanese American pioneers. The
temple closed during the war years and
was revitalized after the war by Arizona
residents and former internees who settled in the Phoenix area. Rev. Furumoto
served as minister at the temple from
2001-2009 and both Matz and Gen
were born there. The members hosted us with a very tasty chicken katsu
dinner and we dined in the social hall
that also serves as their hondo. Even
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JA P A N E S E U P D AT E S : A U G U S T 2 0 1 6
洗心仏教会
2016年8月
6月感謝録：
特別寄付：
畑井ケネス
追悼：故菅野レオ：清水テイム／クレグト
お礼：
ヤングーエパク６０歳誕生
フラワーステイマー：テレルジャッキー
追悼：角田フロレンス：中野フランク
追悼：故西ちとせ／そいちろう：ロジャーズベヴァ
お祝い：
父９４歳誕生日：藤本ミキ
追悼：故高橋みつこ：高橋よしこ
納骨堂：
大西ランダル,小田さちえ、平本すみこ
追悼：故山口てつろう：吉畑ドロシ
４９日法要故菅野レオ：菅野みちこ
8月日程：
4日（木）
午後７時半
7日（日）
法要—休日
14日(日)
法要—休日
16-18日
古本先生：
理事会
開教使会議—於：JSC
21日（日） 法要—休日
25日（日） 午前９時半
Getty Center:Dunhuangの洞窟寺壁画見学
28日（日） 午前8時-正午
大掃除
8月法要当番：無し
本堂当番：無し
内陣お花当番:6日:M.渡辺/C.森田,13日:C.家村/I.高島,20日:B.山下,K.猪狩,27日:S.ロヴァル/H.松村
供花寄付：南ジーン,西坂ゆり, 大畑ロン/ふじ, 富田みさを,赤堀テッド/とみ/ジュリ, 小島ちかこ, 竹内よう,
田中のぶこ, 田中リリアン, 松原タミ/デイル,中渡瀬ロイ/テリ,実藤もとこ, 東司スザン,山下ベテイ、匿名
楽しい夏をお過ごしください。８月２８日（日）の大掃除でまたお会いしましょう。
home. After a lunch provided by our
Arizona friends, we waddled back on
to the bus and began the ride home. We
made one short stop to Agua Caliente
for gambling… and dinner.
It was as Rev. Kodani says, “meaningful asobi.” Thank you to Mr. Shorthair and the Namba Family for making
the trip to Gila River possible. Thank
you to Sugiyama-sensei, Mine & Jim
Tominaga and the Arizona Sangha for
their kind and generous hospitality. Big
thanks to Furumoto-sensei, Kathy and
Sachi for making all the arrangements
and taking such good care of everyone.
CHRIS AIHARA
Arizona Obon Travelers at Gila River
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MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
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9:30a Exercise Class
7:30p Kinnara Gagaku
9:30a Exercise Class
7:30p Temple Board Meeting
8p Kinnara Taiko
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12
13
9:30a Exercise Class
7:30p Kinnara Bugaku
9:30a Exercise Class
8p Kinnara Taiko
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20
9:30a Exercise Class
7:30p Kinnara Gagaku
9:30a Exercise Class
8p Kinnara Taiko
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August 16–18 Rev. Furumoto at Jodo Shinshu Center for Ministers’ Meetings
21 No Services
28 Temple Osoji
8a–12noon Temple Osoji
AUGUST Toban
No Service Toban
No Hondo Toban
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29
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24
25
9:30a Exercise Class
7:30p Kinnara Bugaku
9:30a Exercise Class
Getty Center Outing
Cave Temples of Dunhuang
8p Kinnara Taiko
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9:30a Exercise Class
AUGUST Onaijin Flower Toban
Aug 6 Marsha Watanabe / Carrie Morita
Aug 13 Cathy Iyemura / Iris Takashima
Aug 20 Betty Yamashita / Kathy Ikari
Aug 27 Sheri Lovall / Henry Matsumura
Upcoming in SEPTEMBER 2016
Sept 17 Fall Higan Seminar & Rev. Enryo Unno Memorial,
Guest speakers Rev. Tetsuo Unno and Rev. Dr. Mark Unno
Sept 18 Fall Higan Service & Rev. Enryo Unno Memorial,
Guest speakers Rev. Tetsuo Unno and Rev. Dr. Mark Unno
All classes subject to change
without notice.
Please call a group member to
confirm meeting/rehearsal.